Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Knight_Bachelor gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate	1897-05-27
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Todmorden,_England
gptkbp:children	two daughters
gptkbp:collaboratedWith	gptkb:Ernest_Walton
gptkbp:deathDate	1967-09-18
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:John_R._Holt
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:field	physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Cockcroft–Walton_generator splitting the atomic nucleus
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryConflict	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:militaryService	gptkb:Royal_Field_Artillery
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	1951 work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles
gptkbp:notableWork	artificial disintegration of atomic nuclei
gptkbp:positionHeld	Master of Churchill College, Cambridge Director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment
gptkbp:signature	John Douglas Cockcroft signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Eunice_Elizabeth_Crabtree
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Cockcroft
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4